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Pharmacy Act 1967: Short Notes & Cheat Sheet

The Pharmacy Council of Pakistan and provincial councils, registers of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, education standards and offences.

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The Act creates the councils; the councils run registration, education standards and discipline.

The Pharmacy Act 1967 regulates the profession of pharmacy in Pakistan.
It set up the Pharmacy Council of Pakistan (federal) and provincial pharmacy councils.
The councils maintain registers, set standards of education and practice, and discipline members for misconduct.

Register A lists graduate pharmacists (formerly B.Pharm, now Pharm-D). They may run pharmacies and hold technical posts.
Register B lists pharmacy technicians with the recognised diploma or certificate. They may run medical stores under provincial rules.
Registration must be kept current; practising while unregistered, or falsely claiming registration, is an offence.
Provincial councils register and discipline practitioners in their province.

The Pharmacy Council of Pakistan approves pharmacy institutions and curricula.
The five-year Pharm-D degree replaced the four-year B.Pharm in the early 2000s.
The council inspects institutions and can withdraw recognition if standards are not met.

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Register	Who · may run
Register A	Graduate pharmacists · pharmacy
Register B	Pharmacy technicians · medical store

Council	Role
Pharmacy Council of Pakistan	National standards, education, recognition
Provincial pharmacy councils	Registration and discipline in provinces

A for Academic graduates, B for Basic diploma: Register A is for pharmacists with degrees; Register B for pharmacy technicians.

The Pharmacy Act regulates the profession; the Drugs Act regulates the drugs themselves.
The Pharmacy Act dates from 1967, earlier than the Drugs Act 1976.
A pharmacy technician on Register B cannot lawfully run a 'pharmacy' outlet in the sense reserved for pharmacists.
The Pharmacy Council, not DRAP, recognises pharmacy degrees.

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